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'''Dov Khenin''' ({{lang-he|דב חנין}}, born 10 January 1958) is an [[Israel]]i political-scientist, lawyer, and member of the [[Knesset]] for the leftist [[Hadash]] party. He is a member of the central committee of [[Maki (current political party)|Maki]] (the Israeli Communist Party and the largest faction within Hadash), an activist for socio-economic equality and an environmentalist. His father was [[David Khenin]], one of the leaders of Maki. |
'''Dov Boris Khenin''' ({{lang-he|דב חנין}}, born 10 January 1958) is an [[Israel]]i political-scientist, lawyer, and member of the [[Knesset]] for the leftist [[Hadash]] party. He is a member of the central committee of [[Maki (current political party)|Maki]] (the Israeli Communist Party and the largest faction within Hadash), an activist for socio-economic equality and an environmentalist. His father was [[David Khenin]], one of the leaders of Maki. |
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Dov Boris Khenin (Hebrew: דב חנין, born 10 January 1958) is an Israeli political-scientist, lawyer, and member of the Knesset for the leftist Hadash party. He is a member of the central committee of Maki (the Israeli Communist Party and the largest faction within Hadash), an activist for socio-economic equality and an environmentalist. His father was David Khenin, one of the leaders of Maki.
Biography
Born in Petah Tikva, Khenin attended the Hebrew University of Jerusalem after his national service, gaining an LL.B. After graduating he began working as an attorney, and in 2003 volunteered to be the legal representatives of five refusniks before a Military tribunal in what became known as the Refusnik Trial.
In 2000 he gained a doctorate in political science from Tel Aviv University, and worked as a post-doc at the University of Oxford in 2002.
Political career
After returning to Israel, Khenin ran in the Hadash primaries, gaining fourth spot. However, the party won only three seats in the 2003 elections, with Khenin 500 votes short of being elected to the Knesset. Some pressure was placed on Mohammad Barakeh to give up his seat for Khenin so that the list would have one Jewish representative in the Knesset, but Barakeh refused.
During late 2005 Khenin conducted a series of lectures on globalization in the IDF radio's Broadcast University program. Until early 2006, he was the chairman of the umbrella organization, Environment and Life (Hebrew: חיים וסביבה, Haim uSviva), which amalgamates 80 or so environmental organizations in Israel.
In the 2006 elections Khenin did manage to win a seat. Today he co-chairs the Knesset's largest lobby, the Socio-Environmental Lobby, together with Rabbi Michael Melchior, and is also a member of the Knesset's Environment and Interior Committee and the Committee for the Rights of the Child.
Khenin was the mayoral candidate for the Ir Lekhulanu ("City for All") party in Tel Aviv's 2008 municipal election, but lost to the incumbent mayor Ron Huldai with 34.3% of the vote, compared to Huldai's 50.6%. Khenin vowed to continue battling Huldai's policies from the Knesset and Tel Aviv's opposition.[1]
He was placed third on the Hadash list for the 2009 elections, and retained his seat as the party won four mandates.
References
- ^ Somfalvi, Attila (2008-11-12). "Khenin Loses to Huldai, Promises to Continue Battle from Knesset". Ynetnews. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
External links
Dov Khenin on the Knesset website
- Dov Khenin Ir LeKolanu
- Dov Khenin Green Prophet
- DovBlog